On Thu, Dec 20, 2018 at 5:01 AM Bruce Kellett <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 20, 2018 at 8:18 PM Jason Resch <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Wed, Dec 19, 2018 at 4:34 PM Bruce Kellett <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> On Thu, Dec 20, 2018 at 4:21 AM Bruno Marchal <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> On 19 Dec 2018, at 12:59, Bruce Kellett <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> Dynamics is the study of matter in motion. There are no clocks in >>>> arithmetic. >>>> >>>> Of course there is clock. The successor function implements it out of >>>> time and space. >>>> >>> >>> The fact that you can use one ordered sequence to index another ordered >>> sequence does not constitute a clock. >>> >>> Nothing exists out of time and space, not even time and space themselves. >>> >>> >> Accordingly, you must reject: >> >> - Membranes >> - String theory landscape >> - Eternal inflation >> - The inside of black holes (yet another observer-dependent >> phenomenon) >> - Other universes with different physics (it's amazing that our >> universe allows for life, assuming it's the only universe that exists) >> >> All of these ideas have at least some motivation/support. Why reject them >> out of hand? >> > > This is a very mixed list! Some of these have no evidential support, some > are mere speculation, and other universes with different physics is a long > stretch, not at all in accordance with present knowledge. I do not reject > all these possibilities, but we do need more data on some of them. None of > them exist outside of space-time, however. > What do you think about the apparent fine-tuning of the universe? e.g. https://www.amazon.com/Just-Six-Numbers-Forces-Universe-ebook/dp/B00CW0H6JY Isn't this a very strong statistical argument that other universes with different physical laws must exist? Jason -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
